User talk:Ronk01/Adrenaline

This talk page is for discussion of improvements to the draft article Adrenaline

Aarrgh! I was going to say that we should start with information from Adrenal gland, but that article has 0 information about the production of adrenaline as well! Wikipedia really has no information about this! It's a good thing we're making this article! I don't know about an introduction, but I think the most important things this article should have is: A. Information about its chemical pathway within the body and in the adrenal glands (how it is produced) and B. When it binds to cell receptors, how it directly affects the cells. I recall the first thing I learned about adrenaline was that it instructs cells to release their energy, and that is where the quick boost of energy comes from. I think a (slightly) more technical explanation of this should be in here. (And ugh! I can't believe there is no information like this anywhere in Wikipedia! Does anyone have any sources?) --WikiDonn (talk) 14:35, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I have a few endocrinology textbooks from med school (though they might be outdated, it's been 12 years,) and some newer ones, I might be able to find something. Ronk01   talk  21:28, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Well you can use that, but it really doesn't help me. I can't cite a book I don't have. I was really hoping for an online source I could look through. Where's Weakopedia with his source(s)? --WikiDonn (talk) 18:35, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Not sure, he seems to have dissapeared (if, indeed he is a he) Ronk01   talk  00:43, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmm, he hasn't really been doing anything lately on his talkpage, so he's probably just going through some real life drama or something. Wasn't he in an accident or something? As to whether Weakopedia is a "he" or not, that is one of the problems of the internet. You just have no idea which pronoun to use, so since in the English, masculine is the default, we use that. The use of "he" on the internet is ever further perpetuated by the fact that most people online are male, so it is statistically safer to assume so... Ugh, back on topic, I think I'm gonna look for some sources on my own and see what I can find. --WikiDonn (talk) 19:33, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, very true. I've been rather busy lately, so I might not be extraordinarily involved for quite some time. (We've had a bit of a shakeup at my hospital) Ronk01   talk  21:49, 18 October 2010 (UTC)


 * He is a he, and I have been absent from wiki altogether, not just avoiding you guys :) I'll be making edits again so I'll take a look here! Weakopedia (talk) 08:54, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

I Found A Source that Sounds Pretty Good
I found a source that sounds like how I would like this article to sound here: www.suite101.com/content/how-does-adrenaline-work-a193973 especially this part:

"Acting on muscle and liver cells, adrenaline causes the cells to break down the complex storage carbohydrate glycogen and release extra glucose into the blood stream (a much more readily usable source of energy). Acting on cells in the digestive tract, adrenaline causes a reduction in digestive secretions and acts on the blood vessels to shunt blood away from the gut and towards the brain, heart, lungs and muscles."

This is the type of thing I think the article should focus on and if only I could find some pictures, that would be perfect! There's only one small problem, the domain is blacklisted, so I requested that this specific article be whitelisted... Let's see how this turns out... --WikiDonn (talk) 19:14, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

More Sources
These are the sources I plan on working with:


 * http://www.discoveriesinmedicine.com/Enz-Ho/Epinephrine.html
 * http://www.buzzle.com/articles/effects-of-epinephrine.html
 * http://www2.ccc.uni-erlangen.de/projects/ChemVis/motm/biofunc.html

These are the best ones I could find right now. I encourage anyone else to use them as well. --WikiDonn (talk) 21:19, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Ok, looks good. I have some more as well That I will post when I have the chance. Ronk01  talk  06:17, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Sections to copy from Epinephrine
Okay, I know this hasn't gone anywhere in awhile, but this is something we all agreed to, so we shouldn't let it die. I think there is enough information in the Epinephrine article to make this a good start article, suitable for creation not too long from now. I looked over the article again, and decided that perhaps some kind of split was in order (i.e. moving sections from there to here; Epinephrine will have to be changed to reflect it's status as and article on a drug.). I'm not sure why you chose the parts that you chose, but the sections I think should be copied here are:


 * Epinephrine
 * Epinephrine
 * Epinephrine
 * and most importantly, hopefully with significant expansion:
 * Epinephrine

With special emphasis on chemical synthesis because I would really like to get some good images of that. Those sections are the ones that describe adrenaline in the context of a hormone and neurotransmitter. I'm not sure whether to copy them now, or wait until the article is created, then copy and delete from Epinephrine. I would rather copy now, so we have a good starting point, create the article, then delete the redundant material. What are your thoughts? --WikiDonn (talk) 04:53, 10 July 2012 (UTC)